A Postage Stamp Query
J " ' ■ What is the highest price ever paid for a postage stamp, ami what is the rarest stamp? The highest price ever given for a single stamp is £1875, which sum was paid by the German Postal Museum in 1902 for a specimen of the 2d blue Mauritius. In 1904 the Prince of Wales bought at an auction another specimen of this rare stamp for £l-150. The scarcest stamp in the world is tho onecent British Guiana, 1856, of which only one specimen is known to exist. This is in the possession of M. he lienotiero von Ferrary, of Paris.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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104A Postage Stamp Query New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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